Cloud and SDN Architect

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Role Purpose

As Cloud and SDN solution architect in Cloud Solutions, Orchestration and Intelligence team we expect you to run cloud solutions design for all the European Markets including MPN and Edge, in accordance with Vodafone strategy and focused on Virtual/Containerized Network Functions (VFN) and SDN needs.

As a member of the Cloud solution team, technology focus from solution design and best practices perspective will be (but not limited to):

• Virtualization and Cloud native platforms overall;
• RedHat OpenShift OCP and ACM, OpenShift Virtualization, Ceph storage and k8s components like MetalLB, Prometheus, Whereabouts, FluentBit, Istio;
• Hardware and software lifecycle management;
• VMWare by Broadcom Telco Cloud Platform components, namely: vCloud Director, vSphere, vRealize products (vRealize Operations, Orchestrator, Log inside and Network Insight), NSX-T, Telco Cloud Automation (TCA) and VMWare Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKG), AVI Load Balancer;
• Infrastructure in general (hypervisor, computing, storage, networking – physical or virtual).

What You’ll Do

• Prepare mid and long‑term technology plan, in line with Vendor’s roadmap and technology evolution, to cope with customers’ and traffic growth ensuring service quality and network performance according to business requirements;
• Solution Design (CaaS, IaaS and/or PaaS) in accordance to Vodafone needs and aligned with best practices;
• Evaluate Vendors’ technical and commercial offers and support Supply Chain/Vodafone Purchase Company activities during commercial negotiations with the Vendors;
• Prepare mid and long‑term financial planning activities (Network Evolution Plan and Short & Long Range Plan);
• Support capacity planning and its continuous monitoring through Machine Learning techniques.

Who You Are

• Strong communication, presentation and negotiation skills (in English);
• Customer oriented and systematic way of working;
• Ability to work across multi‑functional and cultural boundaries to deliver results and change;
• Strong individual thinking & judgment;
• Open minded attitude.

Required Qualifications

• Degree qualified;
• At least 5 years professional experience in cloud and virtualization telco workload;
• Expert in data centre infrastructure, cloud computing and virtualization architectures (Telco);
• Solid understanding of virtualization (VMWare) and containerization (Kubernetes);
• Solid understanding of routing and switching protocols (e.g. BGP / ISIS / OSPF);
• Experience with Kubernetes networking (CNIs, Service Mesh, Network Policies, Ingress/Egress);
• Experience with Network Load Balancers and Firewalls;
• Experience designing/implementing IPv6 solutions.

Company Overview

We are a leading international Telco, serving millions of customers. At Vodafone, we believe that connectivity is a force for good. Our technology empowers people, connecting everyone regardless of who they are or where they live and we protect the planet, whilst helping our customers do the same.

Belonging at Vodafone isn't a concept; it's lived, breathed, and cultivated through everything we do. You'll be part of a global and diverse community, with many different minds, abilities, backgrounds and cultures. We’re committed to increase diversity, ensure equal representation, and make Vodafone a place everyone feels safe, valued and included.

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